Who is Aditya?
Aditya Shrivastava, known on Chess.com as aditya_shri, is a full-time chess streamer, a relentless improver, and the kind of player who will sit through a 100-move endgame just to prove he can. Between 2017 and 2025 he played more than 3,350 rated games, and while his profile lists Daily as the preferred time control, he has spent equal time causing mayhem in bullet and blitz. A love for long deep play is very visible: his Rapid peak is 2086 (2025-09-12), and that climb did not come from quick forfeits.
Style of play
Aditya is an unashamed 1.e4 devotee. In his busiest seasons, almost every white game began with the king pawn. He clearly enjoys the clean lines of the Scotch Game, defends stoutly with the Caro-Kann Defense, and happily visits the livelier Blackburne Shilling Gambit when he wants to salt an open game. His opponents know he will fight until mate ny; early resignation rate is a tiny 1.14%, and his comeback rate sits just shy of 82%. When Aditya is low on the clock, it is usually the other player who should worry.
Friendly rivalry
No one has tested Aditya more than liongangland. They have met 44 times, with liongangland getting an edge. But Aditya keeps taking the old friend again, because to him the only real curry is the effect. The never-ending dance is part of what makes him such a cheerful stream partner: he does not quit, complain, or feed.
Grist for chat
- Longest winning streak: 12
- Longest losing streak: 10, followed by a bounce back to action
- Fights back from badly losing positions in about 82% of those games
- Friday and Sunday are customarily his best winning surfaces
If you want a living example of why old school chess never stops being fun, watch [[Chart|Rating|Quick|2017-2025]] for Aditya.admiral; then hit his stream and challenge him for a Daily game. He will probably say yes.